16 Facts About Ruslan Alekhno

Ruslan Alekhno was born in October 14,1981, in Babruysk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR now Belarus.

When he was 16, Ruslan Alekhno wrote his first musical composition.

Ruslan Alekhno graduated the Babruysk State Auto-Transport College with a degree in transport planning.

Ruslan Alekhno stayed into the Ensemble for four years, before decided to leave the army to pursue a solo career in music.

In 2008, Ruslan Alekhno became the winner of National Television Musical project EuroFest, the Belarusian annual competition to decide who would sing for the Republic of Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Ruslan Alekhno sang in the second semi-final elimination round on May 22,2008, singing "Hasta la Vista", but failed to qualify to the final.

In 2012, Ruslan Alekhno began a new creative phase, recording new songs and working on a new show.

Ruslan Alekhno dedicates it to all grandparents, who fought against fascism.

In 2014, Ruslan Alekhno released the single "Serdtse iz stekla" featuring Russian singer Valeriya.

Ruslan Alekhno performed in a concert for Russian troops in Syria at new year 2016.

Ruslan Alekhno later said that he was happy that he did not pass the audition phase and he had little interest in the show.

Ruslan Alekhno admitted getting onto the show purely for the fee that Channel One had offered for his participation and said that the producers of the show had been trying to get him to participate for multiple seasons straight.

Ruslan Alekhno prays every day and vows to go to mass every single Sunday.

Ruslan Alekhno however refused to reveal on whom he had voted during the 2020 Belarusian presidential election.

Ruslan Alekhno is considered to be part of the inner circle of Alexander Lukashenko and was seen celebrating New Year's Eve with him in 2020.

Ruslan Alekhno criticised artists withdrawing from and boycotting the 2021 Slavianski Bazaar.